Comments on: Fennec (Firefox Mobile) Alpha 1 For Windows Mobile Goes Live

By: Sweyn

Sweyn — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:00:21 +0000

One word: touchscreen. The UI is totally built around it.

By: elearning

elearning — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:37:24 +0000

I am having htc 3400i model, i am not sure whether it is supported by this browser or not? lets give this a try and i will share my experience with you.

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O Fennec promete, mas pra quando? | Mobile Advertising Brasil — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:52:14 +0000

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By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:36:24 +0000

Why not call it Firefox Mobile…as stated earlier by other people? Fennec is kind of a silly name.

By: Tim Kilroy

Tim Kilroy — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:26:18 +0000

Any progress in the mobile browser space is positive. The iPhone and Android browsers are the clear differentiators that make them passable (preferrable) as mobile information devices. Stepping aside from the Openwave browsers are huge steps forward to making a broader range of phones acceptable as real mobile devices that are information companions. And the fact that it is open source is even better. I can’t wait to test it out.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:54:41 +0000

Why Windows Mobile? Blackberry desperately needs a good browser.

By: datagoround

datagoround — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:42:09 +0000

I’ve used the linux version on my Nokia n810. I did like the interface on th edge of page concept, but they really need to make the scrolling kinetic to make it effective. They need to have a look at the beta webkit based Tear browser.

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Sat, 16 May 2009 06:46:43 +0000

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By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:35:15 +0000

It’s not too bad. Oddly, Mobile Safari allows you to swipe right/left beyond the limits of the page about a hundred pixels – it just doesn’t do anything with it.

By: RichSpalding

RichSpalding — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:25:05 +0000

The swipe left and right for system functions looks like a hassle when your trying to horizontally scroll a website. Plus not very finger friendly.

Opera still superficially winning so far. But I will test when Fennec in beta.

By: Digital Media Buzz - Fennec (Firefox Mobile) Alpha 1 For Windows Mobile Goes Live | Digital Media Buzz

Fri, 15 May 2009 22:12:21 +0000

[...] What’s new in this build – 3 months worth of bug fixes and performance upgrades. Add-ons! Add-ons are an integral part of Firefox, and something much clamored for in its mobile spinoff. Add-ons won’t jump directly over from Firefox, but users are already hard at work at creating them. Fennec UI have been rebuilt entirely in CSS, allowing Mozilla to tweak the UI for different handsets without having to go in and change the hardcoding. This should make it a lot less complex to port Fennec to different screensizes and resolutions…….[read entire article] [...]

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Fri, 15 May 2009 21:36:15 +0000

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By: MobileSpoon

MobileSpoon — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:33:06 +0000

What about other platforms?
It sure takes them too long and that’s for only one screen resolution…

By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:23:25 +0000

Agreed.

By: Ashot Iskandarian

Fri, 15 May 2009 21:12:50 +0000

aza raskin is da man!!!

By: thebdmethod

thebdmethod — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:10:52 +0000

I think that they should refer to it as Firefox Mobile, or at least maintain the Firefox name.

1) Fennec, just sounds bad, and its not nearly as sexy of a name as Firefox. Also, the Fennec Fox is the only other fox type that has even close to a decent name that would make sense. Otherwise you have, Bengal Fox, Blanford’s Fox, Cape Fox, Corsac Fox, Tibetan Sand Fox, Arctic Fox, Kit Fox, Pale Fox, Rüppell’s Fox ,Swift Fox, Red Fox, Fennec Fox. So the next browser type would be called what? Ruppell? Corsac? I don’t think so.

2) For their mail client, Thunderbird. Using a different animal makes sense because it represents a totally different functionality. But in this case, its the same functionality, just on a different device. Maybe to the development team it seems like a completely different app. But, to an end user it will just look like Firefox on a mobile device.

3) For a while, at least, any mention of Fennec will require the explanation “The mobile browser by the maker’s of Firefox”. Its already confusing that their company is called Mozilla.

By: Mozilla releases Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile!

Mozilla releases Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile! — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:07:51 +0000

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By: DarkSkilled1

DarkSkilled1 — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:07:31 +0000

Ah, I’m using opera for my Nintendo DS Web Browser. In my Opinion Opera is better, buy hey you got to try new things once in a while. I have been tweetering on my Nintend o DS for the past 2 months, using Opera’s software. =/

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:07:22 +0000

Why has it taken Mozilla so long to launch their own mobile browser?

By: 2young2die

2young2die — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:05:10 +0000

wow, just waiting to get test

By: Andrew Chalkley

Andrew Chalkley — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:01:34 +0000

This is so feral!

By: igor

igor — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:50:43 +0000

How does it compare to Opera? That seems like the only mobile browser worth using.